BMP

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In Team Yankee

The BMP comes in two similar yet distinct forms in Team Yankee, the BMP-1 and the BMP-2, but they both share the same rolls which is why they have been condensed into one page.

The BMP is a Metal box employed by both Russian forces and the East Germans.

IRL

The BMP-1 was a revolution in armored warfare as it pioneered the Infantry Fighting Vehicle, combining the Armored Personnel Carrier with the light tank to create a vehicle that could not only safely carry troops under fire, but also use its own firepower to support them. Armed with a 73mm cannon, the BMP wasn't expected to take out enemy tanks on its own, but it was formidable enough to threaten enemy infantry and light vehicles. In particular, the BMP was designed specifically to be radiation-shielded so that in the event of a nuclear attack, Soviet infantry could still advance in hazardous conditions. Created in the 1960s, the BMP-1 was eventually succeeded by the BMP-2 in 1980, which replaced the 73mm cannon with a 30mm autocannon. Unfortunately the BMP has major flaw in the fact that the rear doors are the fuel tanks (Not exactly true, the BMP has a main tank in the hull, the door tanks are used for road marches and long range non combat movement, which are supposed to be drained before operations. Oh great now there's a space filled with fumes at the back waiting for a spark *BLAM* You Question a Solid Soviet Design!?! ) and have little to no armor. The BMP-1 has terrible elevation meaning if anyone is high enough the vehicle can't shoot them. The BMP-2 uses a 30mm cannon to fix the elevation issues.

Oh and if the BMP looks a bit familiar to you Imperial Guard treadheads, yes, it was indeed the inspiration behind the Chimera. And by "inspiration," we mean if there was a company that made 28mm BMP models you would be able to proxy them for Chimeras almost perfectly, as there really isn't any appreciable difference between the two vehicles.